𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔟𝔞𝔠𝔨, 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔶 𝔰𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤

I do my readings on the history of labour in the early industrial period. I see that the majority of factory workers were women, because they could do the same work as men but for less money, while being less valuable to families and therefore easier to buy. I see that there were also women working in mines, and women who remained in farming communities were doing the physical labour of farm work as well as the production of a family's market goods -- the breadwinning. I see that women started industrial action and strikes, that in places like Japan they were significantly responsible for the national economy, since exports like textiles were produced by an 80%+ female workforce. I see that these women worked over 12 hour days, every single day, while in many cases being legally imprisoned on the factory premises.

And then I have a break and I look on social media and I see someone saying that men are the ones who do ~all the hard physical work~ that women are implicitly unable to do, and this is why those jobs are called "blue jobs".

There is so much fucking information in the world about how everything actually works, and it's so accessible. Immediately accepting as true any random gender essentialist phrase you hear on Tiktok is a completely, very easily avoidable way of making yourself look like an utter fucking moron.

I think more people on radblr should be talking about sweatshops, especially in the garment industry.

• Around 80% of sweatshop workers are women. Some employers force them to take birth control and pregnancy tests to avoid having to pay for maternity leave. Pregnant women are routinely denied sick leave to visit doctors, terminated from their contracts early, or left without any maternity leave when their short-term contracts are not renewed.

• Women are more likely than men to experience minimum wage violations. According to one study, "30 percent of the women workers in our sample experienced minimum wage violations, compared to 20 percent of the men". [Source: https://www.nelp.org/publication/broken-laws-unprotected-workers-violations-of-employment-and-labor-laws-in-americas-cities/ ]

• Indonesian women employees report that “girls in the factory are harassed by male managers. They come on to the girls, call them into their offices, whisper into their ears, touch them, bribe them with money and threaten them with firing if they don’t have sex with them.” [source: cleanclothes.org]

• "Toilet breaks are monitored, and some workers said they were flat out denied them, even when sick. The same goes for water and lunch breaks, both necessary to stay healthy when working 12+ hour days in a stuffy, overcrowded factory." 20% of women in sweatshops report experiencing sexual violence. [https://iwda.org.au/three-ways-garment-factories-violate-the-rights-of-women-and-how-its-allowed-to-happen/ ]

It's easy not to support this kind of abuse. Do not buy clothes first-hand. Only buy from thrift shops and second-hand apps, or find ethical brands and investigate where and how they make their clothing (hint: if a t-shirt costs $3, it's not ethical). Patch your old clothes. Consider learning basic sewing (it's not as difficult as it seems!)

I don't care how cheap Shein and Temu are. I don't care how much you think you need that specific Zara coat. Buying clothes directly harms women and avoiding it is a very easy way to help.

I made a "which mutual am I" thing so here you go💥💥💥

This was fun to make actually :]

I'm so done with this shit

what the actual fuck is this

This is something an edgelord nazi would post on 4chan as a "joke"

The WH posted an “ASMR” video of shackled deportees

Lmao sure ok?

So how the fuck would you treat a child equal to an adult?

Because from my memory, the last time that was close to a thing (aka at least treating kids who hit puberty like adults), we had child labor and child marriages, and school wasn't required after like 6th grade.

So, do children have the maturity for all that, or is it necessary to be "ageist"?

thoughts on youthlib?

Honestly I had basically no idea about this movement but I just looked it up.

It makes some sense, like for rights to education, protecting children from child abuse, etc.

However, I don't see how it's a good idea to get rid of "ageism" towards young people since it's just a fact that children are immature and shouldn't be treated equal to adults.

How about you? (you can just send me another anon message saying "youthlib anon here" or something)

Apparently an unpopular opinion but this is good actually especially if you are scared about opening up to real people or can't afford therapy.

I really don't get how this is worse than answering journaling prompts and reading articles. It's just an interactive combo of those and gives perspectives based on whatever sources it uses. It is also useful for OCD reassurance.

All the notes encouraging suicide over something that is cringe *at worst*, are so much more concerning.

add this to the dsm

Yes exactly! Also a lot of times it just delves into bioessentialism too.

"The patriarchy is inevitable because of physical differences" is not a feminist take in the slightest lmao

lowkey getting tired of self defeatist blackpill attitudes "the patriarchy will never end" Why not? We went from using boats to rockets in like 200 years but you think men will forever have privilege in society? Why do you think that?

Misandrist fuck yeah

Also PLEASE learn the definition of oppression I beg you. Being insulted on tumblr =/= oppression lmao. Are nazis also oppressed?

When I first heard the term MRA, I was like wtf is that. I found out it stands for “Men’s rights activists” 🤣🤣💀 you can’t make this shit up. Men will do anything to make everything about themselves. Bruh, they want to be victims so bad. Victims of what ? Exactly. Nobody should feel sorry for Men, they can keep cryinnn in their podcasts and forums these dirty creeps can stay mad at the fact that nobody wants or cares to be around these loser men lmao.

These ugly miserable ass creatures deserve to Be EXTRA lonely. Like please FUCK off Women don’t owe males shit. Out here complaining for what exactly? these sensitive weak ass MFs. Women have been systemically barred and excluded from every institution for most of our history, stripped of our basic human rights, murdered, raped, forced into marriages, sexual violence, faced legal and cultural barriers at every turn because of Men for just existing as a Woman.

And men’s biggest problem is Women won’t touch their PEENs. Like they’re so fucking weak it’s pathetic and disgusting.

"Let us have a special day for having non-natural sex or we'll call asexuals mentally ill for not feeling sexual attraction!!!!"

Orange. Since we are recent mutuals, we should meet up at the picnic ^^

AWW YESS 🧡